diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d0297bf70b63f..edbc7c8c4d331 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
         "browser-ui-test": "^0.22.2",
         "es-check": "^6.2.1",
         "eslint": "^8.57.1",
-        "eslint-js": "github:eslint/js",
         "typescript": "^5.8.3"
       }
     },
@@ -944,13 +943,6 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/eslint"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/eslint-js": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/eslint/js.git#9e5b4fabf073b915abc56d6c14cc24177036d43e",
-      "workspaces": [
-        "packages/*"
-      ]
-    },
     "node_modules/eslint-scope": {
       "version": "7.2.2",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04e0f6af19a0c..07b4d02a271c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     "browser-ui-test": "^0.22.2",
     "es-check": "^6.2.1",
     "eslint": "^8.57.1",
-    "eslint-js": "github:eslint/js",
     "typescript": "^5.8.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/build_helper/src/npm.rs b/src/build_helper/src/npm.rs
index 5a7df0999bd3d..58416d65d16b7 100644
--- a/src/build_helper/src/npm.rs
+++ b/src/build_helper/src/npm.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ pub fn install(src_root_path: &Path, out_dir: &Path, npm: &Path) -> Result<PathB
 
     let mut cmd = Command::new(npm);
     if CiEnv::is_ci() {
+        eprintln!("Running npm ci");
         // `npm ci` redownloads every time and thus is too slow for local development.
         cmd.arg("ci");
     } else {
+        eprintln!("Running npm install");
         cmd.arg("install");
     }
     // disable a bunch of things we don't want.
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ pub fn install(src_root_path: &Path, out_dir: &Path, npm: &Path) -> Result<PathB
     // of repeated tidy invocations.
     cmd.args(&["--audit=false", "--save=false", "--fund=false"]);
     cmd.current_dir(out_dir);
+    eprintln!("Executing {cmd:?}");
     let exit_status = cmd.spawn()?.wait()?;
     if !exit_status.success() {
         eprintln!("npm install did not exit successfully");
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/extra_checks/mod.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/extra_checks/mod.rs
index a45af7fcf1580..41efd9c145666 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/extra_checks/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/extra_checks/mod.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ fn check_impl(
     }
 
     if js_lint || js_typecheck {
+        eprintln!("Running npm install");
         rustdoc_js::npm_install(root_path, outdir, npm)?;
+        eprintln!("Finished npm install");
     }
 
     if js_lint {